May 17th, Home Stay with the Lee's

Brushing teeth can be tedious, sometimes borning. Not when you do so with the company of the cutest 4 year old korean girl in the world...lets just say it was a good start to what would be another amazing day.

The Korean hosts have treated us as royalty. Each meal is the equivalent of Filet Minon, with the best service, food and drink that money can buy...the are a truly gracious people, worthy of much praise and kamsahamnida (thankyou).

We traveled through much of the Korean countryside today. There are so many mountains. I am unsure as to whether I was amazed by their height, or because I haven't seen mountains that tall in over two years since I have moved to Iowa...eather way, we rolled through them as though we were in the ocean...

We visited the most famous temple in Southy Korea today. There were many schools who had taken trips to the temple, and the middle schoolers thought us American's were pretty cool. It Provides them an opportunity to speak English, which many of the Korean students do very well...

The highlights of the day would have to include trying rice wine for the first time, sitting to eat a snack of deep friend fish, (what looked to be whole sardines), watching Laura connect with a Korean woman as they danced, sang, and played the drums all while there was, as I can i only explain with these words, Korean techno music playing through this open aired market that we had visited...I have much video of this account...

Music can most definitely connect us as people...what is connecting you to people in your life? Perhaps a better question, what is connecting you to people that you don't know...??? This trip has taught me thus far that life can be an adventure each day, but we have to see that adventure and be open to the possibility, be challeneged by the mystery, love that each day is different and new, and wonderful because we get to live it...how are you living your life today??

Many hugs, be safe, no worries...